UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME (UNODC) AND MITIGATING OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA (2020-2024)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study examined United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Mitigating of Human Trafficking in Nigeria (2020 - 2024).The objectives include; to analyze whether persistent human trafficking impacts Nigeria’s national security and socio-economic development, to evaluate if the UNODC and its partners face challenges and limitations in addressing human trafficking in Nigeria and to examine whether the strategies adopted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are effective in addressing human trafficking in Nigeria. This study anchored the Routine Activity Theory (RAT) propounded by Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson in 1979. Documentary method of data collection, content analysis and ex-post facto research design were also employed in this research. During the course of the study, the research was conducted showed that Content from 2020–2024 strongly supports the assertion that human trafficking significantly impairs Nigeria’s national security, economic stability, and social development, the UNODC and its partners face multiple systemic, financial, and socio-cultural barriers and UNODC has implemented a multi-pronged strategy combining law enforcement, advocacy, victim care, and institutional reform. The study therefore concluded and recommended; there is an urgent need for a fully coordinated and intelligence-driven national response to human trafficking, increased financial investment and institutional reform within both national and international anti-trafficking frameworks and interventions should be increasingly localized through grassroots and community-based strategies.
Keywords: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Human Trafficking.
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